Command and Conquer: Renegade Official Forums: General Discussion

Home » General Discussions » General Discussion » Dual or Quad Core?

Show: Today's Messages :: Polls :: Message Navigator

Re: Dual or Quad Core? [message #350872 is a reply to message #350470]

Sun, 14 September 2008 23:26

Chuck Norris
Messages: 312
Registered: July 2007

Karma:

Recruit

Read this. I'd say for 99% of the people, 99% of the time, the dual-core CPU will give better results for the money spent.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000942.html

Also consider that the list of software used there also includes alot of rendering and benchmark applications compared to what most people would us. Most of us will care more about games and general usage.

As for how long it'll last, nobody can predict the future, but by time quad core CPUs are really NEEDED, both of these two CPUs (the E8500 and the Q6600) will be all but obsolete. Don't purchase a quad core CPU with the false hope of future proofing.

Edit: The P35 chipset does support quad core CPUs. That motherboard specifically may not, but the chipset does.

As for the PSU, don't judge one by it's wattage rating. Of those you listed, none stand out as great, but the HIPER is probably the best (though I've heard as much bad as good about them). If you want a silent and quality PSU, I recommend PC Power and Cooling's Silencer line. I have the 610 watt variant and it has been silent all of the time for me.

When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.

When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isnâ€™t lifting himself up, heâ€™s pushing the Earth down.

Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.

[Updated on: Sun, 14 September 2008 23:30]

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]

		Dual or Quad Core? By: MexPirate on Thu, 11 September 2008 08:47
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: Drkpwn3r on Thu, 11 September 2008 11:49
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: mrpirate on Thu, 11 September 2008 15:46
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: Goztow on Thu, 11 September 2008 13:59
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: DarkDemin on Thu, 11 September 2008 15:25
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: nikki6ixx on Thu, 11 September 2008 16:08
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: Romaner on Thu, 11 September 2008 16:57
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: MexPirate on Thu, 11 September 2008 18:03
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: IronWarrior on Thu, 11 September 2008 19:49
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: luv2pb on Thu, 11 September 2008 21:44
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: Goztow on Fri, 12 September 2008 01:30
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: Romaner on Fri, 12 September 2008 10:12
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: Chuck Norris on Fri, 12 September 2008 08:28
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: Homey on Fri, 12 September 2008 23:13
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: MexPirate on Fri, 12 September 2008 12:01
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: Speedy059 on Fri, 12 September 2008 15:44
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: sadukar09 on Fri, 12 September 2008 15:58
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: JPNOD on Sat, 13 September 2008 13:22
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: Chuck Norris on Sun, 14 September 2008 23:26
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: MexPirate on Mon, 15 September 2008 05:15
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: Caveman on Mon, 15 September 2008 06:01
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: jnz on Mon, 15 September 2008 07:05
		Re: Dual or Quad Core? By: wittebolx on Tue, 16 September 2008 05:04

Previous Topic:	Westwood FTP
Next Topic:	how many servers use renegade ressurection

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

] [

]

Current Time: Wed Nov 13 16:02:30 MST 2024

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.01083 seconds